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Quote: FaceI painted my front door...
If anyone will humor me, please leave a comment. Just wanna make sure...something.
Do you want a cookie or something?
Quote: odiousgambityeah you can see you haven't cleaned up from some other project!
Those are Works In Progress, good sir! ;)
Quote: DRichVery odd to see a Front door that leads into what looks like a garage.
A misnomer. I was just thinking of this the other day, wonder if it's regional? No one uses the front facing door here except in rare cases where the rear is shrouded or hard to access. All "front doors" (I guess should properly be called "main door?") are either side doors from the garage or literally in the very back of the house. My "front door" spills into the Good Enough Garage. Home invasions aside, my actual front door hasn't be opened since '91 or so.
Quote: petroglyph
Clue? I don't mind picking your work apart, especially if you request it. lol
Quote: MaxPen
Do you want a cookie or something?
Nope, it is settled. After the job I stepped back and could only think "aww, f#$%", and my g/f had the same reaction. I just wanted to put some eyes on it to see if it was just personal experiences forcing my perspective, or if it really was that bad. It appears it is just me.
I just didn't want company (or my old man) thinking I had a big ass Iron Cross on my front door =p
Edit: F#$%
Quote: Face
I just didn't want company (or my old man) thinking I had a big ass Iron Cross on my front door =p
It looks less like an iron cross and more like an Army marksman badge.
vs. 
Quote: RSIs that supposed to be an iron cross but no one’s mentioning it? Or am I the only one who sees it?
GD it, that's why I asked.
This design is everywhere, every single exterior door save one is exactly like it, and there's tens more all up and down the street. It's just that farm door look, 1970's style. You don't even notice it, probably because it's not even a cross or anything. But my colorblind ass went and painted my kitchen charcoal with black hardware, and the door stuck out. Figured it should match.
And now I'm a Nazi. Thanks, HGTV.
People tend to find what they are looking for. I know you aren't some fing supremacist or some such, so I find it no where in any of your doings. If I saw you dragging home a steel Swastika, my first thoughts would be "I wonder what he's going to cut that up and make it into" maybe some fancy anchor system for the boat?Quote: FaceGD it, that's why I asked.
This design is everywhere, every single exterior door save one is exactly like it, and there's tens more all up and down the street. It's just that farm door look, 1970's style. You don't even notice it, probably because it's not even a cross or anything. But my colorblind ass went and painted my kitchen charcoal with black hardware, and the door stuck out. Figured it should match.
And now I'm a Nazi. Thanks, HGTV.
Some fool looking for bigotry finds it in every closet.
Quote: rxwine
Rudolf Horse
It's relevant only because I cracked 340 at my weigh in today. It's the lightest I've been in years and was the last significant milestone before my target of 309.
When I moved here three years ago, My furniture didn't arrive for almost a month and I lived on buffets and Carl Jr's. and by the time my scale showed up, I was at 417.
At the time, getting down to 300ish seemed like a pipe dream, but I'm in striking distance. My diet has improved but still has plenty of upside left to it. As has my blood work. I'm fitting into my 46 pants, where I was wearing 54s in 2017
Quote: billryanIn the spring of 1974, I was introduced to the man widely known as Nikoli Volkoff. A true mountain of a man, he was the first 300 pound man I ever met that was in top physical shape. A shade over 6'4, he then wrestled at an announced weight of 340.
It's relevant only because I cracked 340 at my weigh in today. It's the lightest I've been in years and was the last significant milestone before my target of 309.
When I moved here three years ago, My furniture didn't arrive for almost a month and I lived on buffets and Carl Jr's. and by the time my scale showed up, I was at 417.
At the time, getting down to 300ish seemed like a pipe dream, but I'm in striking distance. My diet has improved but still has plenty of upside left to it. As has my blood work. I'm fitting into my 46 pants, where I was wearing 54s in 2017
Congratulations on your achievement. I would have never guessed that you weighed that much.
Quote: billryanIn the spring of 1974, I was introduced to the man widely known as Nikoli Volkoff. A true mountain of a man, he was the first 300 pound man I ever met that was in top physical shape. A shade over 6'4, he then wrestled at an announced weight of 340.
It's relevant only because I cracked 340 at my weigh in today. It's the lightest I've been in years and was the last significant milestone before my target of 309.
When I moved here three years ago, My furniture didn't arrive for almost a month and I lived on buffets and Carl Jr's. and by the time my scale showed up, I was at 417.
At the time, getting down to 300ish seemed like a pipe dream, but I'm in striking distance. My diet has improved but still has plenty of upside left to it. As has my blood work. I'm fitting into my 46 pants, where I was wearing 54s in 2017
What is your diet plan, if you don't mind saying?
Quote: FaceI painted my front door...
If anyone will humor me, please leave a comment. Just wanna make sure...something.
In my Midwestern world, that would not be my front door. It appears to go from the garage to the kitchen. Front doors are for guests, welcome or not. But what do I know from upstate New York.
Quote: rxwineWhat is your diet plan, if you don't mind saying?
My mission is to eat less and exercise more. I cut my beer consumption to almost nothing, limit fast food and drink a lot of water. Roughly a third of my meals are Nutrisystem and I have 2-3 shakes a week as a meal replacement. Lots of little things- whole wheat pasta, ground turkey, having a salad with my pasta. I don't pretend to eat healthy, just healthier.
Quote: billryanMy mission is to eat less and exercise more. I cut my beer consumption to almost nothing, limit fast food and drink a lot of water. Roughly a third of my meals are Nutrisystem and I have 2-3 shakes a week as a meal replacement. Lots of little things- whole wheat pasta, ground turkey, having a salad with my pasta. I don't pretend to eat healthy, just healthier.
Congrats on the weight loss
I don't have a weight problem but I am getting older, 60, and listening to my DR
Meal kits are a life saver for me. Before meal kits, a lot of take out for me
I now use Hello Fresh and Plated depending on the offerings that week
I love them. Eating fresh healthy food cooked at home every night and its delicious.
I have been an Ice Cream lover my whole life. Always had it in the freezer. Daily evening snack and I ate a big bowl
Totally given it up. Doc was saying I was doing too much sugar and could become diabetic.
Doc also told me to limit purine foods. Don't have a gout problem and don't want one
Some of the foods I was told to limit surprised me such a spinach, asparagus and mushrooms.
Quote: beachbumbabsQuote: FaceI painted my front door...
If anyone will humor me, please leave a comment. Just wanna make sure...something.
In my Midwestern world, that would not be my front door. It appears to go from the garage to the kitchen. Front doors are for guests, welcome or not. But what do I know from upstate New York.
Many older houses in the North East had front doors on porches that weren't all season. Over time, many were enclosed, and made into bedrooms or playroom. The front doors became most decorations. With snow and mud, using the side door is easier.
if that's a front door I think you might have some security issues with that lock. And a few privacy issues.Quote: FaceI painted my front door...
If anyone will humor me, please leave a comment. Just wanna make sure...something.
Today is Tuesday the 26th. If I say, "Next Saturday I am going to change my brakes." What is the date of next Saturday?
Quote: GWAEI need help winning an argument. I am not telling which side I am on.
Today is Tuesday the 26th. If I say, "Next Saturday I am going to change my brakes." What is the date of next Saturday?
My answer would be April 6th.
March 30th would be THIS Saturday.
Seinfeld did a bit about this.... THIS Saturday technically is the "next" Saturday, so either way works, grammatically speaking. I think it's all personal preference.
Quote: GWAEI need help winning an argument. I am not telling which side I am on.
Today is Tuesday the 26th. If I say, "Next Saturday I am going to change my brakes." What is the date of next Saturday?
The next Saturday always refers to the Saturday after the upcoming Saturday. Otherwise it'd just be "Saturday".
"Next Saturday" is April.
Quote: GWAEI need help winning an argument. I am not telling which side I am on.
Today is Tuesday the 26th. If I say, "Next Saturday I am going to change my brakes." What is the date of next Saturday?
For me the date of next Saturday would be April 6th.
I know it doesn't make sense, but if you asked me today when "next Monday" is, my answer would be April 1st not April 8th.
I punt.
If I say not this Saturday, next Saturday or not Saturday, next Saturday, am I just repeating myself.Quote: billryanI disagree. I take it to mean the first Saturday we come to. I can see how people might see it different.
I punt.
Quote: billryanI disagree. I take it to mean the first Saturday we come to. I can see how people might see it different.
I punt.
well these answers are not helping my argument. on Sunday I said I am doing the brakes next Saturday. Then today she told me that she has plans on Saturday and was taking 1 of the kids with her and for me not to make any plans cause I would be with the other. Then I was like uhhh I am doing the brakes. She said, no you said you are doing them next Saturday. I said, yes next Saturday, not in 2 saturdays. To me next saturday is the NEXT saturday that we come to.
Quote: GWAEwell these answers are not helping my argument. on Sunday I said I am doing the brakes next Saturday. Then today she told me that she has plans on Saturday and was taking 1 of the kids with her and for me not to make any plans cause I would be with the other. Then I was like uhhh I am doing the brakes. She said, no you said you are doing them next Saturday. I said, yes next Saturday, not in 2 saturdays. To me next saturday is the NEXT saturday that we come to.
Then why on God's Earth would you not just say "SATURDAY"? Is there ANY chance she would misinterpret that? NO!!!! Explain why you would put the word 'next' in there? By saying "next Saturday" you are opening it up for either of the two possible interpretations.
I often have to send texts to multiple people about scheduling issues. If I am sending the text on Monday, June 1, about Tuesday, June 8, I will say "next Tuesday, June 8, we have a 6am meeting.". Just in case someone thinks when I say next Tuesday I meant tomorrow.......
You live and learn!
Quote: SOOPOOThen why on God's Earth would you not just say "SATURDAY"? Is there ANY chance she would misinterpret that? NO!!!! Explain why you would put the word 'next' in there? By saying "next Saturday" you are opening it up for either of the two possible interpretations.
I often have to send texts to multiple people about scheduling issues. If I am sending the text on Monday, June 1, about Tuesday, June 8, I will say "next Tuesday, June 8, we have a 6am meeting.". Just in case someone thinks when I say next Tuesday I meant tomorrow.......
You live and learn!
I don't know. Why do I add n'at at the end of sentences when I talk sometimes? I think it is just a way of talking
Quote: GWAETo me next saturday is the NEXT saturday that we come to.
The second definition of "next" as an adverb is the only one to mean "of the first occasion", as in "when next we meet". All other adverb and adjective definitions refer to it meaning the one immediately following, succeeding, nearest or adjacent to another thing, which in this case, would be your Saturday.
This day or the next? The one right here, or the next one to come? Since we are talking Saturdays, there's this Saturday the March, or next Saturday the April.
It's language. You're not technically wrong. You're just doing brakes with a toddler...
Quote: FaceThe second definition of "next" as an adverb is the only one to mean "of the first occasion", as in "when next we meet". All other adverb and adjective definitions refer to it meaning the one immediately following, succeeding, nearest or adjacent to another thing, which in this case, would be your Saturday.
This day or the next? The one right here, or the next one to come? Since we are talking Saturdays, there's this Saturday the March, or next Saturday the April.
It's language. You're not technically wrong. You're just doing brakes with a toddler...
the ending made me laugh. Yes apparently so. And 2 wheel hubs. You're a car guy. My dad was a welder so he made this thing that basically looks like a penis and balls. It screws on and then you bash the end of the bar with hammer and it will hopefully pop the hub off. We did the back one a few weeks ago and it took 2 hours of hitting it with a sledge to break it free.
Quote: GWAEI need help winning an argument. I am not telling which side I am on.
Today is Tuesday the 26th. If I say, "Next Saturday I am going to change my brakes." What is the date of next Saturday?
The 30th.
If you said it on Sunday the 24th, that's before Monday, since Monday the first of the week for most people, I would assume you meant Saturday the 30th. If you said it on or after Monday, I would assume you meant Saturday April 6th.Quote: GWAEwell these answers are not helping my argument. on Sunday I said I am doing the brakes next Saturday. Then today she told me that she has plans on Saturday and was taking 1 of the kids with her and for me not to make any plans cause I would be with the other. Then I was like uhhh I am doing the brakes. She said, no you said you are doing them next Saturday. I said, yes next Saturday, not in 2 saturdays. To me next saturday is the NEXT saturday that we come to.
No... that's 'this Saturday', not 'next Saturday'Quote: billryanI disagree. I take it to mean the first Saturday we come to. I can see how people might see it different.
I punt.
Quote: OnceDearNo... that's 'this Saturday', not 'next Saturday'
As I try not to make plans more than 15 minutes in advance, it's not particularly relevant.
My family would say Saturday, and a week from Saturday.
Before you start getting mad, I'll say if you say "next month", then you're referring to April. If you say "next year", you're referring to 2020.
If you try to be cute and say "See ya next year!!" on NYE, you're just the worst kind of person. There is no forgiving that.
No. the worst kind of person is the one that says 12am tomorrow!Quote: RSIf you try to be cute and say "See ya next year!!" on NYE, you're just the worst kind of person. There is no forgiving that.
It can't be 12 and before 12 at the same time.
Say 12 midnight or 12 noon or better still 11:59 and 23:59. Dammit.
'next Saturday' is ambiguous
if you mean April 6th in this case, you say 'Saturday week'
that is a convention!!
edit: I had to fix that
http://oxtweekend.com/
It's not catching on, though.
Quote: odiousgambitnote I had to fix what I said upthread. Are you familiar with "Saturday week" as a way of indicating the following Saturday?
You're asking GWAE, but yes, I've heard that, especially in the South. Also "this coming" Saturday instead of "next" to avoid confusion.
Quote: odiousgambitnote I had to fix what I said upthread. Are you familiar with "Saturday week" as a way of indicating the following Saturday?
I thought that was mostly a British thing. That's the only people I've ever heard say it.
I suspect that even in Britain, 'Saturday week' Or as we'd say 'Satdee Week' is constrained to parts of Central and Northern England. It's not very common nowadays.Quote: TigerWuI thought that was mostly a British thing. That's the only people I've ever heard say it.
Do you guys have fortnights over there?
Certainly 'This Saturday' would mean the next Saturday that we encounter and 'Next Saturday' would be the one after that.
God only knows when 'Last Saturday' was.
I blame the Romans.
Quote: OnceDear
Do you guys have fortnights over there?
I've heard fortnight used, but it's pretty rare. Most people know what it means, though. Definitely a more "common" phrase than "____day week."
Quote: OnceDearI suspect that even in Britain, 'Saturday week' Or as we'd say 'Satdee Week' is constrained to parts of Central and Northern England. It's not very common nowadays.
Do you guys have fortnights over there?
Certainly 'This Saturday' would mean the next Saturday that we encounter and 'Next Saturday' would be the one after that.
God only knows when 'Last Saturday' was.
I blame the Romans.
Never heard Saturday week.
I do know we dont have queue here in the states. We say we are on line or getting on the back of the line or there are long lines etc
I have seen people visiting from abroad ask where is the end of the queue and "are you in queue" to completely blank stares
Quote: darkozNever heard Saturday week.
I do know we dont have queue here in the states. We say we are on line or getting on the back of the line or there are long lines etc
I have seen people visiting from abroad ask where is the end of the queue and "are you in queue" to completely blank stares
I feel like queue is definitely gaining ground, especially with younger people.
Netflix used the word for years, as well.
Quote: GWAEnow that is funny. I will never say oxt weekend.
"What is a 'weekend'? The Countess of Grantham
in Downton Abby.
The upper class in Edwardian England, c 1910,
didn't use or recognize the word 'weekend'
because they didn't work. It was a working
class word. They never used it in sentences,
or even acknowledged it's existence. They
would say Saturday or Sunday instead.
Only during Wimbledon! :)Quote: OnceDearDo you guys have fortnights over there?
Although we actually have a 'catch phrase' at work when we encounter a problem/customer request that includes a value that uses 'strange' units of measure: "What's that in furlongs per fortnight?"
Quote: TigerWuI feel like queue is definitely gaining ground, especially with younger people.
Netflix used the word for years, as well.
It's used more as a substitute for waiting list than a line.
